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Kristin P

@merdeka7.bsky.social
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Hiker, search and rescue dweeb, proud sister, love training dogs, F1 & challenge me on Duolingo sometime 🌺

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Justice Alito is confusing court reform with attacking the court. Many of us simply want the Court to be better. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Supreme Court expansion is ‘a concerted effort to intimidate the court,' Justice Alito says
Despite Americans' eroding trust in the Supreme Court, Alito says he's not discussed growing calls for expanding the court and setting term limits.
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Kristin P @merdeka7.bsky.social · 5h
Sometimes they had curlers underneath (I think you can see curler shapes above her ear and behind her bangs)
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 7h
The NY Times uses words like “fierce,” “steely,” “nimble” and “homegrown star of the Trump White House” to describe Karoline Leavitt, who just got a Fox News gig. Not a single mention of her relentless lying to the American public. Reporter Michael M. Grynbaum and his editors suck.
nytimes.com
Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s ‘Machine Gun,’ Has a New Gig at Fox News (Gift Article)
A fierce and nimble speaker, Ms. Leavitt is the second of Mr. Trump’s former press secretaries to join the cable news network.
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Kristin P @merdeka7.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
@elisabethbik.bsky.social we need Gerard to check the science here...
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Kristin P @merdeka7.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
1997 we moved to the Netherlands and one day leaving train station all newspaper and magazine headlines were Villeneuve v. Schumacher. Felt like a parallel universe. Never looked back. Welcome to the silly season now.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The thing to remember about Mike Pompeo is that he is an untruthful, fundamentally unserious person, with terrible ideas about foreign policy & everything else, who weakened & embarrassed the State Dept & was the worst Secretary of State in 🇺🇸 history. This is embarrassing & shameful from SIPA.
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Kristin P @merdeka7.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I like the hockey custom of refusing to touch the conference trophy.
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Kristin P @merdeka7.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You are an inspiration for the rest of us. Hard work, be kind to yourself. Go check in with your dog. He knows whassup. This book may put fuel in your tank. www.thriftbooks.com/w/dog-is-my-...
thriftbooks.com
Dog Is My Co-Pilot: Great Writers on the... book by Jon Katz
Buy a cheap copy of Dog Is My Co-Pilot: Great Writers on the... book by Jon Katz. Dogs have been our muses, our mentors, and our playful and noble co-pilots. They've had a profound influence on us as ...
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Kristin P @merdeka7.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
(guess) means #
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Kristin P @merdeka7.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Lakes Basin area a hidden gem 😍
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Fascism Doesn’t Always Arrive by Force. Sometimes It Comes as Law" A visit to the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam showed me how changes in the law were used by the Nazis to push their agenda. It’s a warning from history we must heed before it's too late. @kimwehle.bsky.social for Zeteo:
zeteo.com
Fascism Doesn’t Always Arrive by Force. Sometimes It Comes as Law
A visit to the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam showed me how changes in the law were used by the Nazis to push their agenda. It’s a warning from history we must heed before it’s too late.
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Kristin P @merdeka7.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Aussies a special breed :-)
do australians love hot sauce? reddit thread. one poster says her MIL is as Aussie as they come and thinks black pepper is too spicy🤣
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Kristin P @merdeka7.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Madame Defarge 🧶
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Kristin P @merdeka7.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Rest in Power Mariya. World has lost a courageous soul.
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Kristin P @merdeka7.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
+1 🥲
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Kristin P @merdeka7.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Appreciated both your comments on NPR today. Lived in Baltimore when Vietnam Memorial was commissioned. Visited later when lived in NoVa. Very much citizen soldier memorial and not 'Great Man' b.s.
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Kristin P @merdeka7.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Someone wrote earlier (sorry dont have post link) 'Saudis understand corruption, but they don't understand incompetence from USG' and it seemed apt. Couldn't happen to a better Failson.
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Kristin P @merdeka7.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Rooting for you from Lower 48. You got this!
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Kristin P @merdeka7.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
& in 2026 the Son IKEA is the resupply?
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timkawakami.bsky.social @timkawakami.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Giants will not lose 100 games this year. Champagne is optional.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In reply to some comments: Of course it's not just DC But the devastation is tangible and inescapable here, even more than elsewhere (From Kennedy Center to Reflecting Pool to stupid 'Arch' to National Guard troops to Cage Fight to cut-down cherry trees to NIH/USAID/Voice of America and much more)
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Kristin P @merdeka7.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
$9.99 for 2 Bagua mirrors. &$!# neighbor problem solved.
feng shui bagua mirrors to protect against negative energy
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I think tearing down Trump's monstrosities, and scraping all that gold crap off the walls, would be healthy symbolism about recovering the country. In addition, fire all his appointees. He's the guy who wanted Schedule F - the next Dem POTUS should use it, then cancel Schedule F. But use it first.
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Kristin P @merdeka7.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I think the GOP is far too riddled with members grooming and abusing minors. This story was also off too people.com/politics/mat...
people.com
Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz Tells the Story of the Teen He's Been Raising Whom He Calls His 'Son'
Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz made the surprise announcement Thursday that he has been raising a 19-year-old named Nestor Galban who was born in Cuba
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Kristin P @merdeka7.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
& soy sauce
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Kristin P @merdeka7.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
yeah, and this other report is sketch www.businessinsider.com/speaker-mike...
businessinsider.com
Speaker Mike Johnson explained why his 'adopted' Black son is not involved in his public life
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson "adopted" a Black teenager decades ago, but the man requested not to be part of his public life.
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Kristin P @merdeka7.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
@maks23.bsky.social @ioponomarenko.bsky.social ya'll been busy 🤙🏼
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Kristin P @merdeka7.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"son"
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Kristin P @merdeka7.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"We're paratroopers Lieutenant, we are supposed to be surrounded." youtu.be/SW4Unszk_1s
youtu.be
Band of Brothers Lt. Jimmy Fallon?
YouTube video by Johnny's War Stories
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Kristin P @merdeka7.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
bsky.app/profile/poli... Hey Politico, can you go back and ask those anonymous WH advisors how well POTUS stayed on message with his "accomplishments"? Everyone in Exec branch just phoning it in at this point.
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Kristin P @merdeka7.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Disgraceful. Easy block and report for misinformation.
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Kristin P @merdeka7.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This is not correct. Please take it down out of respect for the canines and their handlers. In fact Penn Vet and AKC did a study with controls and no statistical difference in mortality between USAR canines at Ground Zero and non-USAR canines.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/09/2026
funny thing about this podcast of course is it might get like 200 views, tops
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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 09/09/2026
Seems legit
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 07/09/2026
When someone causes damage and claims it is "for your own good," it is most accurately called toxic justification or abusive rationalization. People use this tactic to avoid guilt and control others.
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I do this for our Country, not myself. I've made Hundreds of Billions of Dollars on Stocks, and many other type Holdings, for the U.S.A., not myself, and all I do is get criticized by the Radical Left Dumocrats. Very unfair, but what can you do! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Kristin P @merdeka7.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
But they will offer Ось наша чудова пам'ятна монета. 🤣🤣🤣
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is what happens when you send a couple of witless real estate guys out to do serious work. 2/2
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Kristin P @merdeka7.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
It's missing the photo of a room with gun safes. De rigueur in WY. How was this ever a 'seasonal B&B' or even a wedding venue? Wyoming has gorgeous areas (Big Horn Mtns, Chief Joseph route to Yellowstone) SE WY is not one of them. 🤔
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Kristin P @merdeka7.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This should be a fun watch apple.news/AiF7Ib_S9QC2...
apple.news
A plane full of weed crashed in Yosemite. A new documentary retells the wild legend — San Francisco Chronicle
It’s a classic bit of Yosemite campfire lore. Back in the 1970s, a smugglers’ airplane loaded with Mexican marijuana crashed in a backcountry alpine lake deep inside the national park. The dirtbag roc...
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Fresh off failing to end the Iran war, secure any concessions, or even make US surrender stick, and riding on the apparent, deepening failure of their Gaza plan, Jared and Steve head to Moscow to resume their failing effort to get Ukraine to bow down to Putin and reward Russia for its aggression.
bbc.com
Trump envoys arrive in Moscow ahead of Ukraine talks
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are due to hold talks with Russia before travelling to Ukraine on Sunday.
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Kristin P @merdeka7.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Dogs process scent (100,000x more sensitive than humans) carefully with ability to use holes on nose to breathe in and expel air out slits on side (which prevents odor they are sniffing being blown away by exhale) www.instagram.com/reel/CzWcxsn...
instagram.com
zackdfilms on Instagram: "Why Dogs Have Slits On Their Noses 🤨View all 132 comments"
Why Dogs Have Slits On Their Noses 🤨
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Kristin P @merdeka7.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Los Angeles is further east than Reno, Nevada. Almost 1 degree (60 plus miles)
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
20% growth isn't optimistic, it's fiction. Growth in 2025 was slower than 2024. So far in 2026, slower still. At some point you have to just call it what it is: a lie. Let's stop debating the number and talk about the actual economy. Full video: youtu.be/GWMlhf2eSRQ
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 03/09/2026
I don’t know what ESPN is saying about the Clippers because it’s the most expensive single channel in the universe & it’s like six hours straight of a guy in a tank top that would make me put my headphones on if I was in line behind him at a Costco.
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Not when he’s got his prescription pad out
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 03/09/2026
Driscoll’s departure is the latest in a steady purge of our top military leaders, coming six months into an unauthorized war that commanders have warned is unsustainable. Why does Hegseth still have the job? www.militarytimes.com/breaking-new...
militarytimes.com
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigns on short notice amid reported friction with Hegseth
Dan Driscoll, who has served as the Army’s civilian leader since February 2025, tendered his resignation Monday.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
They called him “Mayor 1%” in Chicago because he catered to the moneyed crowd.
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Kristin P @merdeka7.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
He's been out to Los Angeles talking to donors recently. Leaving impression that he is planning to run. That's his constituency, center-right donor money.
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Rep. Jason Crow @crow.house.gov · 31/08/2026
The Trump Administration is trying to dismantle some of our most cherished public lands. Our National Parks are for every American. They aren’t for sale.
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